some quotes, cross-post from another Liberzon

“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.” Albert Einstein
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” Niels Bohr

“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.” Nicholas Butler

“Basic research is like shooting an arrow into the air and, where it lands, painting a target.” Homer Adkins